Sheet for serial binders.



Patented May 2U, |902..

A. 0. a E. n. K|TTnE00E. SHEET FOR SERIALBINDERS.

(Application led Aug. 18, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)`

NiTEn STATES PATENT -OFEIcE ANSoN o. KITTREEGEAND ERNEST R. KITTREDGE, 0E TENAELY, NEw JERSEY, yASs1eNoRs;.To,.TnEJAccoUNT, AUDIT a ASSURANCE coM- PANY, LIMITED, oENEw YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION oE NEw JERSEY.

[SHEET FOR SERIAL BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.' 700,506', dated May 20, 1.9.02.-

Application led August 18. 1899. Serial No. 727.7l6. (No model.)

furnish a convenient means for securing to.

gether the papers involved in the purchase of goods in mercantile establishments and for ling away suchI papers "in"binders convenient for' ready'reference and to ,simplify and facilitate the posting of charges from invoices to booksof account. "To accomplish,these4 objects, ',we', 'employ 'filingsheets which haveg onev edge thickened to `compensate forthe'pal" pers to be attachedthe'reto and1suchthick-- ened edge perforated to iit theposts of a postbinder or other mean's'lby,which'thellingsheets yare bound and held', together for reference; and to carryout our inventionwe'.

providethe surfaceof uthe' sheet adjacent to its upper edge and adjacent to its'thickenedl edge lwith gummed spac'es,`b'y fwhich thepa-A pers are'attachedto the sheet in certain conf venient relations to onelanother. "By shearrangement describedthefgnmme'd spacesare disposed at right angles toene-another, an'd` inscriptions are printedlinffsuch'spaces to direct the attachment of thepapers, which thus. overlap v one I another at `right angles. @The lines'are printedupon the surface of the sheet to guide 'the application'ofthe gum'andfthe application of' the papers" to the gummed spaces, andthe variousfiling-sheets are thus rendered uniform in their construction, and

the papersmay be secured' thereto in av uniev form` manner. Y

is desirable to iile a copy of the original'orde'r,

In linginvoices of'goods it and a list of the goods received with the in- Voice itself to facilitate comparison of the three, and we furnish a means ot' ,posting a summary of the filed invoices `directly to a -and marked, as by the words Binder Nd, 4

to indicate the place for theserial number.

The invention will be understood'by reference totheannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan of one of the filing-sheets with thickened shank.A Fig. 2 is'an edge View of the same, and Figrepresents a recapitulation-sheet for usewith the filing-sheets.

, Thelinglvsheets e arein practice made of strong-paper, with one edge f thickened by Ifolding over, as shown' in Fig. 2,y such thickfening Serving to keep the cover of the binder Aparallel withthc base when the filing-sheets areA secured together with attached papers.

The thickened-edge is shown at the left-hand Iend ofthe Sheet in Fig.' `2, and parallel lines p f 'are shown uppn the sheet in Fig. 1 adjacent to -the upper edgeof the sheet,with parallel lines' n'j'andbentended Aat right angles'to thesam'e adjacent to the fthickened edge of the sheet, s uchI lines'fo'rming strips' orlspaces inwhich gum fis applied,` the 4application of the gum* Abeing directed or indicated by the lines upon thesheets, so ithata series of the sheetsmay `be gum'medl uniformly.

, The space between lthelinesfjpis marked Attach top of invoice 'I h ere,7 'the space between the lines nis marked -.Attach.left`h`and of order here,and the -space between the lines'f n and ois marked n lfAttachle'ft ,hand of goods received here. .The upper outer,or right`hand corner of 4the sheet is provided with a small space q, which .tiy is labeled Binder No., to 'receive the serial; l

number of the sheetas arrangedfinthe binder.

The invoiceprojects downwardly from its line of attachment to the 'sheet,whi1e'the Order and the Goods received list project to the;V

`right, and the several papers thus extend at right angles to one another and overlap one i- 5' Y another, but can be readily turned so as to i the filing-sheet is necessary to permit the use expose their surfaces for inspection. papers relating to each particular invoice in the binder are thus conveniently held for instant reference, and the tiling-sheets being numbered serially as they are placed in the binder the sheet-numbers may be used as posting-numbers when the charges upon the invoices are carried to the purchasers account in the ledger, the same as would a notation of a page of an invoice-book in case the posting were made from such book.

For the debit posting-that is, the charges to merchandise account or to the different departments of the business -recapitnlationsheets, one of which is shown in Fig. 3, may be employed. Such sheets are not claimed herein, but are made the subject of a separate application,- being shown in this application to illustrate the function of the serial numbers upon the filing-sheets.

The recapitulation-sheet r (shown in Fig. 3) is represented near one edge with a division s, containing the numbers of the several filing-sheets e, and other divisions (marked, respectively, D D2 D3 D4) to summarize the invoices to a business divided into four departments. A division, lettered G E, is provided to summarize any items of general expense from such invoice, and a succeeding division, marked Total, is provided for the total ofthe postings in the preceding divisions. The serial numbersin the division s designate the spaces in which the contents of the corresponding invoice are summarized, and the filing-sheet which bears the invoice is correspondingly numbered, so that it can be referred to in verification of such summaryv at any time.

The divisions D' D2, tbc., are ruled with two sets of money-columns marked at the top Mdse. to receive the charges for merchandise, and Exp. to receive the charges for expenses against such department. At the bottom of each division are two spaces to receive the footings for the several divisions and the posting-marks made when transferring such footings to the ledger. The sheets are shown with holes 7a in the edge f to fit upon the posts h of a binder or to receive any other fastening device by which the tilingsheets may be secured in a binder or fastened together for storage in book form when removed from the binder.

The recapitulationsheet is not claimed herein, as it is made the subject of a separate application; but the filing-sheet is claimed with the characteristics which adapt it for use with such recapitulation-sheet or any form of index. The filing-sheet furnishes a most convenient means of securing together the papers relating to a given order or purchase, and such sheets may be used with any suitable index for referring to the papers upon the several filing-sheets. cThe serial number upon The l of any kind of index in connection with a group of filing-sheets, and the serial number is also necessary when the tiling-sheets are used with the recapitulation-sheet,from which references may be made to the several tilingsheets by their serial number. When used with the recapitulation-sheet, the items upon the invoices may be readily divided among other departments of the business, and all the debit and credit postings required in connection with the invoices may be made Without the intervention of a journal, while the preservation of the order and list of goods received with each invoice furnishes a means of comparing the items upon those papers whenever any questions arise regarding the same.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein isl. As a new article of manufacture, the loose sheet e for a serial binder having one edge thickened to compensate for attached papers and such thickened edge perforated for the purpose set forth, and the surface of the sheet having adjacent to its upper edge and adjacent to the thickened edge the gummed spaces arranged at right angles to one another, whereby such papers when attached project at right angles over one another. l

2. As a new article of manufacture, the loose sheet e for a serial binder having one edge thickened to compensate for attached papers and such thickened edge perforated for the purpose set forth, the surface of the sheet havinglines at right angles to each other IOO adjacent to the upper edge and adjacent to the thickened edge to guide the application of papers to the sheet, and gummed spaces adjacent to such lines for the attachment of the papers, whereby such papers when attached project at right angles over one another.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the loose sheet c for a serial binder having one edge thickened to compensate for attached papers and such thickened edge perforated for the purpose set forth, the surface of the sheet having lines at right angles to each other adjacent to the upper edge and adjacent to 4the thickened edge to guide the application of papers to the sheet, and inscriptions adjacent to such lines for directing the attachment of the papers, whereby such attached papers project at right angles over one another, substantially as herein set forth.

4t. As a new article of manufacture, the loose sheet c for a serial binder having one edge thickened to compensate for attached papers and such thickened edge perforated for the purpose set forth, the surface of the sheet having lines at right angles to each other adjacent to the upper edge and adjacent to the thickened edge to guide the application of papers to the sheet, gummed spaces adjaour hands in the presence of two subscribing` cent to such lines for the attachmentof pawitnesses.

pers, whereby such papers when attached A Y project at right angles over one another, and 5 one of the outer corners of the Iing-sheet having a space indicated for a serial number, v Witnesses: t as and for the purpose eet forth. JOHN J. MCBRIDE, In testimony whereof we have hereunto set THOMAS S." CRANE. 

